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Muse begins its highly anticipated North American tour on Saturday (February 27th) in Atlanta, with the trek ending on April 17th in Indio, California with a major appearance at the Coachella Festival . This will be the British trio's first full-length jaunt here in support of...

Saving Abel has been in the Middle East this week on a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to play for U.S. troops. Now the band has announced that one of the gigs, at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, has been filmed and will be webcast in early March. Saving Abel has already performed...

Rap-rock pioneers Cypress Hill return to the rock radio airwaves this coming week with "Rise Up," the title track of the group's first new album in six years. The track was co-written and co-produced by Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello , who also plays on the track...

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has announced both an official name and a short run of tour dates for his side band, leading up to their performance at the Coachella Festival in mid-April. Writing at Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog, Yorke said the previously unnamed act was now...

Sublime With Rome -- the new version of the band formerly known as Sublime -- will hit the road this spring and summer, according to Billboard.com . The trio, which features singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez subbing for late frontman Bradley Nowell , will kick off the trek on April...

The Killers and possibly Metallica will contribute covers of classic songs by the Kinks to a new album being assembled by Kinks frontman Ray Davies . According to an interview with NJ.com , Davies will duet on a number of Kinks gems with a series of "notable guests" on the...

Serj Tankian 's Elect The Dead Symphony went on sale at iTunes on Tuesday (February 23rd), a full two weeks before the CD/DVD package arrives in stores as a physical release. Both the album and movie of the show, which Tankian performed with a full orchestra in New Zealand last...

Drummer Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater has finished laying down his drum tracks for the new Avenged Sevenfold album, according to a post by Portnoy himself. Portnoy was recruited to record drums for the album following the death last December of Avenged drummer James "The Rev"...

Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme blasted the band's label, Warner Bros. Records, for removing songs by the British trio and other artists on the roster from free download sites such as Spotify, We7 and Last.fm, while firmly throwing their support behind paid download sites such...